Identity Thieves Lurk in P-to-P Networks
Users may be sharing more information than they bargained for, security expert says.
Robert McMillan
IDG News Service

PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA -- Users of peer-to-peer file-sharing services may be sharing more than they bargained for, a former White House cybersecurity advisor warned last week.

Security researchers have found thousands of files with sensitive information by searching through file-sharing networks, said Howard Schmidt, chief executive officer at R&H Security Consulting. Schmidt, who has also worked as chief security officer for Microsoft, made the comments during an SDForum seminar in Palo Alto, California, last week.